Quote by sensual_pleasures
Oh, and could we make it a requirement that authors at least have an avatar if not a completed profile before their stories get posted?
Why?
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The site runs a bunch of different scheduled scripts. These do all the daily maintenance aspects of running the site. I assume the slowdowns or times when the site becomes unresponsive are the short periods when the scripts run. Gav could confirm.
If that is the case, these is no ‘good’ time to run them as people visit Lush from all over the world and from every time zone. Waiting 5-10 minutes and refreshing the page usually works.
If that is the case, these is no ‘good’ time to run them as people visit Lush from all over the world and from every time zone. Waiting 5-10 minutes and refreshing the page usually works.
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Quote by kistinspencil
Given that some readers here use these scores for story selection, it seems that they should be accurate in fairness to all the writers.
They are.
Firstly, if you are relying on those little bar charts at the bottom of the stories to work out what scores have been awarded then you’re wasting your time. They don’t show enough detail to work that out.
Second, the scores are calculated as trimmed mean averages. That means that the highest and lowest score values are excluded incrementally. That prevents the extremes from unfairly influencing the traditional mean and gives you a more accurate weighted score.
Your example of “twenty-one 5's / one 4 = 4.95 > shows as 4.95” is more likely to be:
20 x 5
2 x 4
If you remove the top and bottom scores you’re left with:
19 x 5
1 x 4
So, 19 x 5 is 95, plus the 4 equals 99. Divide that by 20 votes and you get 4.95, which is correct.
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Christopher Plummer, Sound of Music star and oldest actor to win an Oscar, dies aged 91
Christopher Plummer, the dazzlingly versatile Canadian actor whose screen career straddled seven decades, including such high-profile films as The Sound of Music, The Man Who Would Be King and All the Money in the World, has died aged 91.
His family confirmed the news, saying he died peacefully at home in Connecticut with his wife of 53 years, Elaine Taylor, by his side.
Lou Pitt, his longtime friend and manager of 46 years said:
“Chris was an extraordinary man who deeply loved and respected his profession with great old fashion manners, self deprecating humour and the music of words. He was a national treasure who deeply relished his Canadian roots. Through his art and humanity, he touched all of our hearts and his legendary life will endure for all generations to come. He will forever be with us.”
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jun/20/christopher-plummer-interview-roseanne-boundaries
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Quote by Meagananne1986
How about a badge for the best first-time Competition writer. One way, perhaps, of getting new writers to take the plunge and enter competitions? I understand the purpose of the competitions, but many new writers are discouraged from entering because they believe they don't they have a chance. By recognizing the first-time writer, such a badge would at least show them that we appreciate stepping outside of their comfort zone.
That's not a bad idea. What would you call it?
Quote by Twisted_Skald
For myself I'd suggest Barfly as a badge.
It's hard being a new writer, especially when you get knocked back because you're submission doesn't meet the standard. I'm pretty sure almost everyone got their first submission rejected, or they're bloody more talented then I am.
Joining the community in Rumps bar made the journey far more pleasant.
Ideally, any new badges would be something automated in order to minimise any additional workload on the admin team. Something Gav can basically program and then forget about. Awarding a badge for participation in a specific forum thread I don't think would be viable because of the probable volume.
And you're right about getting knocked back. I had my first submission rejected when I joined Lush.
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Captain Sir Tom Moore dies at 100 after testing positive for Covid
Captain Sir Tom Moore, the second world war veteran who raised almost £39m for NHS charities during the first coronavirus lockdown in spring 2020, has died aged 100 after testing positive for coronavirus.
His daughters, Hannah and Lucy, confirmed Moore’s death in a statement.
They said: “It is with great sadness that we announce the death of our dear father, Captain Sir Tom Moore. We are so grateful that we were with him during the last hours of his life; Hannah, Benjie and Georgia by his bedside and Lucy on FaceTime.
“We spent hours chatting to him, reminiscing about our childhood and our wonderful mother. We shared laughter and tears together.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/feb/02/captain-sir-tom-moore-dies-at-100-after-testing-positive-for-covid
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Quote by Curious_Laura
How does one delete a person from your followers list?
If you're talking about the people that follow you as an author, you don't. It's up to them who they follow.
If you're talking about unfollowing an author, you can do this on their profile page. I think it's in the 'interact with' section.
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Quote by Lucky_lildragonfly
Hi, I recently saw a offensive comment on one of my stories. It doesn’t break lush rules, but it’s personal offensive to me. My question is....Why can’t we delete offensive comments on the comment section to our stories? Is there a way we can delete them ourselves?
No, members cannot delete comments on their own stories. The reason this feature does not exist is that it would inevitably end up being abused by some people.
Please drop the moderating team a message via the contact page if you feel a story comment should be removed - we would be happy to oblige if we feel it is warranted.
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Quote by GrushaVashnadze
Help, please! I went to give kistinspencil's "My Working Weekend" a "5" but accidentally clicked on "4". I then clicked "change" and gave it a "5" but it seems not to have registered.
This story really deserves a "5" - at least! Is there any way I can make sure she gets it?
Thank you, and apologies for the hassle!
Grusha
I have fixed this for you.
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Quote by LakeShoreLimited
Thank you, I'll consider it. An edited story has to be reapproved again, correct? I don't think I've done one on this site. I know on another site it takes them a week, so it has to be something big for me to bother with it.
They do need to be reapproved but we get to them pretty quick. Moderators will be able to see that the story has already been approved once and is only back in the queue for an edit. It won't even need reading again by a mod as the changes are highlighted in the text for our convenience.